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Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Homemade Mustard Sauce

Most of you would wonder why would you ever need to make mustard at home when you can get an American Garden or Dijon Mustard from the store. Well there are places where you do not get Mustard or have to pay an "import" price for the same. Most importantly, when you make mustard at home, you can add your own preferred flavours to it. There are two reasons why I would make mustard or mayonnaise at home. There used to be a time when the store bought mayonnaise would cause me a headache until my stay in Mangalore, Karnataka, India where I attended college. Back then, I tasted homemade mayonnaise for the first time which I actually liked and I found the same with my mustard experience. And you can actually add your own preferred ingredients such as garlic, horseradish, onions, curry powder, carraway seeds/cumin seeds. I wanted to make my own as I had to make my famous BBQ Chicken in the next 2 weeks which was loved by both 'A' and Izzy. In fact we actually fought over the share of chicken. For those of you in India, more specifically Hyderabad, I have listed where I got some of my ingredients. There is no cooking involved in this process! Just blending adn whipping. This is how I made my mustard 3 weeks ago:

G'Gina's Kitchenette- Home made Mustard

You need:

Yellow and Black Mustard Seeds

Ingredients used

My lil one trying to reach out

4 tbsp of white or yellow mustard seeds (I used the yellow one - Yellow Rai is the Indian name and is widely available)

Additional/alternate ingredients as per choice: Onion, Garlic, Horseradish, Tarragon, Cayenne Pepper or Paprika, Dried Basil, Dried Parsley Dried Celery or Thyme,Curry Powder, Beer or Cider or Sherry VinegarNote: Do not add all the alternate ingredients in one batch itself. These are just some of the options. You can add your own preferred one(s).

Tools required:

A sterilised glass jar or any other sterilised bottle. If you are using plastic jar or squeeze tubes like I did, then ensure it is cleaned well with soap and water and air dried. You can also wash it again with luke warm water and air dry it.

Mortar and pestle or grinder/food processor - I used my grain grinder

Sterilised funnel

Wooden spoon

Whipping the mustard

Thin wired whisk

The Make:

Preparation Time: 40 minutes | Makes 75ml

Once the bottle is sterilised and left to air dry, grind the mustard seeds, salt, brown sugar,turmeric and herbs either with the mortar and pestle or your grain grinder to a powder.

Take out the ground ingredients into a bowl and add the white wine vinegar whipping part-by-part (this is where a food processor comes handy as you can actually slowly pour it through the opening of the processor) to a coarse pasty form.

Let it stand for about 20-30 minutes

Transfer the contents to your sterilised jar or squeeze tube (through the sterilised funnel) and store for about 2 weeks in a cool, dry and dark spot.

White wine vinegar and whipped up mustard

Note: Refrigerate once open. It will last for many months if stored properly.

Try various flavours of your choice in other batches. You can use some of the alternate ingredients suggested or your own. Hope you enjoy your own homemade mustard!

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Inspiration...

"Mum has been the true chef...cooking and baking over 4-5 dishes in one go to perfection! Over the years I have learnt, been inspired and awed by the likes of Martin Yan with his famous line : "If Yan can cook so can you", Gordan Ramsay (I know! but he is amazing), Rachael Ray,MasterChef Australia's judges: Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris, Matt Preston, Matt Moran and several others. I never miss a chance to watch and learn or better yet smell, taste and learn.This has been since the start, I fail to follow recipes as well as I experiment and it turns out better in result through smell and taste!"